Distribution of Cable Royalty Funds, 73381-73382 [2023-23518]
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BILLING CODE 4510–CR–P
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket Nos. 19–CRB–0010–CD (2018), 20–
CRB–0010–CD (2019), 21–CRB–0008–CD
(2020)]
Distribution of 2018 Cable Royalty
Funds, Distribution of 2019 Cable
Royalty Funds, Distribution of 2020
Cable Royalty Funds
Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
solicit comments on a motion of
Multigroup Claimants for partial
distribution of 2018, 2019, and 2020
cable royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must
submit timely comments using eCRB,
the Copyright Royalty Board’s online
electronic filing application, at https://
app.crb.gov/.
Instructions: All submissions must
include a reference to the CRB and
docket numbers 19–CRB–0010–CD
(2018), 20–CRB–0010–CD (2019), and
21–CRB–0008–CD (2020). All
submissions will be posted without
change to eCRB at https://app.crb.gov/
including any personal information
provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read submitted background documents
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or comments, go to eCRB, the Copyright
Royalty Board’s online electronic filing
and case management system, at https://
app.crb.gov/ and search for docket
number 19–CRB–0010–CD (2018), 20–
CRB–0010–CD (2019), or 21–CRB–0008–
CD (2020).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Brown, CRB Program Specialist,
by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email
at crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year
cable systems must submit royalty
payments to the Register of Copyrights
as required by the statutory license
detailed in section 111 of the Copyright
Act for the retransmission to cable
subscribers of over-the-air television
and radio broadcast signals. See 17
U.S.C. 111(d). The Copyright Royalty
Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of
royalties to copyright owners whose
works were included in a qualifying
transmission and who file a timely
claim for royalties.
Allocation of the royalties collected
occurs in one of two ways. In the first
instance, the Judges may authorize
distribution in accordance with a
negotiated agreement among all
claiming parties. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(A),
803(b)(3)(A). If all claimants do not
reach agreement with respect to the
royalties, the Judges must conduct a
proceeding to determine the distribution
of any royalties that remain in
controversy. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B),
803(b)(3)(B). Alternatively, the Judges
may, on motion of claimants and on
notice to all interested parties, authorize
a partial distribution of royalties,
reserving on deposit sufficient funds to
resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(4)(C), 801(b)(3)(C).
On April 3, 2023, Worldwide Subsidy
Group LLC dba Multigroup Claimants
(MGC) filed with the Judges a motion
pursuant to section 801(b)(3)(C) of the
Copyright Act requesting a partial
distribution amounting to $921,778 of
the 2018 cable royalty funds on deposit,
a partial distribution amounting to
$963,466 of the 2019 cable royalty funds
on deposit, and a partial distribution
amounting to $928,162 of the 2020 cable
royalty funds on deposit.1 That statutory
section requires that, before ruling on
the motion, the Judges publish a notice
in the Federal Register seeking
responses to the motion for partial
distribution to ascertain whether any
claimant entitled to receive the subject
royalties has a reasonable objection to
1 These amounts are based on a formula
developed by MGC. Multigroup Claimants’ Motion
for Partial Distribution of 2018, 2019 and 2020
Cable Royalties at 3–5 (see, e.g., eCRB no. 27958).
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the requested distribution. 17 U.S.C.
801(b)(3)(C).
Accordingly, this notice seeks
comments from interested claimants 2
on whether any reasonable objection
exists that would preclude the
distribution of the requested amounts of
the 2018, 2019, and 2020 cable royalty
funds to the requesting claimant
representatives. Parties objecting to the
proposed partial distribution must
advise the Judges of the existence and
extent of all objections by the end of the
comment period. The Judges will not
consider any objections with respect to
the partial distribution that come to
their attention after the close of the
comment period.
Members of the public may read the
motion by accessing the Copyright
Royalty Board’s electronic filing and
case management system at https://
app.crb.gov and searching for docket
number 19–CRB–0010–CD (2018), 20–
CRB–0010–CD (2019), or 21–CRB–0008–
CD (2020).
Dated: October 19, 2023.
David P. Shaw,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2023–23524 Filed 10–24–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 1410–72–P
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 16–CRB–0009–CD (2014–17)]
Distribution of Cable Royalty Funds
Copyright Royalty Board (CRB),
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
solicit comments on a motion of Music
Claimants for further partial distribution
of Music Category Share funds from the
2016 and 2017 cable royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must
submit timely comments using eCRB,
the Copyright Royalty Board’s online
electronic filing application, at https://
app.crb.gov.
Instructions: All submissions must
include a reference to the CRB and
docket number 16–CRB–0009–CD
(2014–17). All submissions will be
posted without change to eCRB at
SUMMARY:
2 The Settling Devotional Claimants filed an
opposition to the motion to which MGC filed a
reply. The Judges deem that both constitute timely
filed comments that they will consider, together
with any other comments they receive during the
comment period, in determining whether any
reasonable objection exists that would preclude the
requested distribution to MGC.
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https://app.crb.gov including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read submitted background documents
or comments, go to eCRB, the Copyright
Royalty Board’s online electronic filing
and case management system, at https://
app.crb.gov/ and search for docket
number 16–CRB–0009–CD (2014–17).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Brown, CRB Program Specialist,
by at telephone (202) 707–7658 or email
at crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year
cable systems must submit royalty
payments to the Register of Copyrights
as required by the statutory license
detailed in section 111 of the Copyright
Act for the retransmission to cable
subscribers of over-the-air television
and radio broadcast signals. See 17
U.S.C. 111(d). The Copyright Royalty
Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of
royalties to copyright owners whose
works were included in a qualifying
transmission and who file a timely
claim for royalties.
Allocation of the royalties collected
occurs in one of two ways. In the first
instance, the Judges may authorize
distribution in accordance with a
negotiated agreement among all
claiming parties. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(A),
801(b)(3)(A). If all claimants do not
reach agreement with respect to the
royalties, the Judges must conduct a
proceeding to determine the distribution
of any royalties that remain in
controversy. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B),
801(b)(3)(B). Alternatively, the Judges
may, on motion of claimants and on
notice to all interested parties, authorize
a partial distribution of royalties,
reserving on deposit sufficient funds to
resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(4)(C), 801(b)(3)(C).
On April 11, 2023, Broadcast Music,
Inc. (‘‘BMI’’), the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers
(‘‘ASCAP’’), and SESAC Performing
Rights, LLC (‘‘SESAC’’) (hereafter
collectively the ‘‘Moving Music
Claimants’’) filed with the Judges a
motion pursuant to section 801(b)(3)(C)
of the Copyright Act requesting a
further 1 partial distribution of all but
1.5% of the remaining amount of the
share allocated to the Music Claimants
category of the 2016 and 2017 cable
royalty funds. That statutory section
requires that, before ruling on the
motion, the Judges must publish a
1 On July 30, 2016, the Judges issued an Order
Granting Motion for Partial Distribution granting
the Moving Music Claimants a partial distribution
of the 2016 funds; and on May 22, 2019, the Judges
issued an Order Granting Motion for Partial
Distribution granting them a partial distribution of
the 2017 funds. Motion at 2 & n.4.
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notice in the Federal Register seeking
responses to the motion for partial
distribution to ascertain whether any
claimant entitled to receive the subject
royalties has a reasonable objection to
the requested distribution. 17 U.S.C.
801(b)(3)(C).
Accordingly, this notice seeks
comments from interested claimants on
whether any reasonable objection exists
that would preclude the further partial
distribution of the Music Category Share
funds requested to the requesting
claimant representatives. Parties
objecting to the proposed further partial
distribution must advise the Judges of
the existence and extent of all objections
by the end of the comment period. The
Judges will not consider any objections
with respect to the further partial
distribution that come to their attention
after the close of the comment period.
Members of the public may read the
motion by accessing the Copyright
Royalty Board’s electronic filing and
case management system at https://
app.crb.gov and searching for docket
number 16–CRB–0009–CD (2014–17).
Dated: October 19, 2023.
David P. Shaw,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2023–23518 Filed 10–24–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 1410–72–P
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket Nos. 22–CRB–0005–CD (2021), 23–
CRB–0008–CD (2022)]
Distribution of 2021 Cable Royalty
Funds, Distribution of 2022 Cable
Royalty Funds
Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
solicit comments on a motion of
Multigroup Claimants for partial
distribution of 2021 and 2022 cable
royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must
submit timely comments using eCRB,
the Copyright Royalty Board’s online
electronic filing application, at https://
app.crb.gov/.
Instructions: All submissions must
include a reference to the CRB and
docket numbers 22–CRB–0005–CD
(2021) and 23–CRB–0008–CD (2022).
All submissions will be posted without
change to eCRB at https://app.crb.gov/
including any personal information
provided.
SUMMARY:
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Docket: For access to the docket to
read submitted background documents
or comments, go to eCRB, the Copyright
Royalty Board’s online electronic filing
and case management system, at https://
app.crb.gov/ and search for docket
number 22–CRB–0005–CD (2021) or 23–
CRB–0008–CD (2022).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Brown, CRB Program Specialist,
by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email
at crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year
cable systems must submit royalty
payments to the Register of Copyrights
as required by the statutory license
detailed in section 111 of the Copyright
Act for the retransmission to cable
subscribers of over-the-air television
and radio broadcast signals. See 17
U.S.C. 111(d). The Copyright Royalty
Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of
royalties to copyright owners whose
works were included in a qualifying
transmission and who file a timely
claim for royalties.
Allocation of the royalties collected
occurs in one of two ways. In the first
instance, the Judges may authorize
distribution in accordance with a
negotiated agreement among all
claiming parties. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(A),
801(b)(3)(A). If all claimants do not
reach agreement with respect to the
royalties, the Judges must conduct a
proceeding to determine the distribution
of any royalties that remain in
controversy. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B),
801(b)(3)(B). Alternatively, the Judges
may, on motion of claimants and on
notice to all interested parties, authorize
a partial distribution of royalties,
reserving on deposit sufficient funds to
resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(4)(C), 801(b)(3)(C).
On October 11, 2023, Worldwide
Subsidy Group LLC dba Multigroup
Claimants (MGC) filed with the Judges
a motion pursuant to section
801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright Act
requesting a partial distribution
amounting to $901,128 of the 2021 cable
royalty funds on deposit and $886,744
of the 2022 cable royalty funds on
deposit. That statutory section requires
that, before ruling on the motion, the
Judges publish a notice in the Federal
Register seeking responses to the
motion for partial distribution to
ascertain whether any claimant entitled
to receive the subject royalties has a
reasonable objection to the requested
distribution. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C).
Accordingly, this notice seeks
comments from interested claimants on
whether any reasonable objection exists
that would preclude the distribution of
the requested amounts of the 2021 and
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[FR Doc No: 2023-23518]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 16-CRB-0009-CD (2014-17)]
Distribution of Cable Royalty Funds
AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges solicit comments on a motion of
Music Claimants for further partial distribution of Music Category
Share funds from the 2016 and 2017 cable royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must submit timely comments using eCRB,
the Copyright Royalty Board's online electronic filing application, at
https://app.crb.gov.
Instructions: All submissions must include a reference to the CRB
and docket number 16-CRB-0009-CD (2014-17). All submissions will be
posted without change to eCRB at
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https://app.crb.gov including any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read submitted background
documents or comments, go to eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board's online
electronic filing and case management system, at https://app.crb.gov/
and search for docket number 16-CRB-0009-CD (2014-17).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Brown, CRB Program Specialist,
by at telephone (202) 707-7658 or email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year cable systems must submit royalty
payments to the Register of Copyrights as required by the statutory
license detailed in section 111 of the Copyright Act for the
retransmission to cable subscribers of over-the-air television and
radio broadcast signals. See 17 U.S.C. 111(d). The Copyright Royalty
Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of royalties to copyright owners
whose works were included in a qualifying transmission and who file a
timely claim for royalties.
Allocation of the royalties collected occurs in one of two ways. In
the first instance, the Judges may authorize distribution in accordance
with a negotiated agreement among all claiming parties. 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(4)(A), 801(b)(3)(A). If all claimants do not reach agreement
with respect to the royalties, the Judges must conduct a proceeding to
determine the distribution of any royalties that remain in controversy.
17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B), 801(b)(3)(B). Alternatively, the Judges may, on
motion of claimants and on notice to all interested parties, authorize
a partial distribution of royalties, reserving on deposit sufficient
funds to resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(C),
801(b)(3)(C).
On April 11, 2023, Broadcast Music, Inc. (``BMI''), the American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (``ASCAP''), and SESAC
Performing Rights, LLC (``SESAC'') (hereafter collectively the ``Moving
Music Claimants'') filed with the Judges a motion pursuant to section
801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright Act requesting a further \1\ partial
distribution of all but 1.5% of the remaining amount of the share
allocated to the Music Claimants category of the 2016 and 2017 cable
royalty funds. That statutory section requires that, before ruling on
the motion, the Judges must publish a notice in the Federal Register
seeking responses to the motion for partial distribution to ascertain
whether any claimant entitled to receive the subject royalties has a
reasonable objection to the requested distribution. 17 U.S.C.
801(b)(3)(C).
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\1\ On July 30, 2016, the Judges issued an Order Granting Motion
for Partial Distribution granting the Moving Music Claimants a
partial distribution of the 2016 funds; and on May 22, 2019, the
Judges issued an Order Granting Motion for Partial Distribution
granting them a partial distribution of the 2017 funds. Motion at 2
& n.4.
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Accordingly, this notice seeks comments from interested claimants
on whether any reasonable objection exists that would preclude the
further partial distribution of the Music Category Share funds
requested to the requesting claimant representatives. Parties objecting
to the proposed further partial distribution must advise the Judges of
the existence and extent of all objections by the end of the comment
period. The Judges will not consider any objections with respect to the
further partial distribution that come to their attention after the
close of the comment period.
Members of the public may read the motion by accessing the
Copyright Royalty Board's electronic filing and case management system
at https://app.crb.gov and searching for docket number 16-CRB-0009-CD
(2014-17).
Dated: October 19, 2023.
David P. Shaw,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2023-23518 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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